“ Not everyone is going to like you but once you identify who you are, people respond to that. Basically, the more you are you, the more confident you become”

Our guest today is a marketing coach as well as a fellow yoga teacher and podcaster. Today is all about inspiration and actionable exercises to figure out what you actually want to be doing (aka. what your passion is) and how to do more of it.

But first, an introduction…

Amanda McKinney has a passion for empowering yoga teachers to earn more money doing what they love.

She does this through her podcast: Marketing Yoga With Confidence and Online Membership. Both focuses on building confidence and community with an extra dose of encouragement every step of the way.

Before working with yoga teachers, Amanda graduated from the University of Florida with her Masters in Marketing and then spent almost 10 years in international corporations.

She eventually created her own business…only to find that it felt lackluster and not very satisfying. In this episode she shares with us how she went from not really enjoying her business into creating one where she loves every single project and every single client.

She had to take some leaps and make some hard choices, but ultimately she kept following what she actually liked doing and found more of it in her life. This isn't just applicable to owning a business or your career. This is something to apply to your entire life so that you can wake up everyday excited about what you've filled it with!

Plug in those earbuds and start listening so that you can start doing more of what you love!

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Key Nuggets:

What if you don’t know what you like doing? How to figure it out.

When Amanda was laid off from her corporate job, she wasn’t clear what she wanted to do next. So she started by surrounding herself with people who had great energy. They happened to be entrepreneurs and after some time spent with them, she decided that she wanted to start a business as well.

At the same time, she also started picking back up her yoga practice (which she had to put on pause at her busy corporate job).

She just kept doing the things that made her feel good.

Lessons learned:

Surround yourself with people who have great energy
Keep trying out the things that you seem to enjoy and do them more

Additional tips from Amanda:

TRACK YOUR TIME
- When Amanda tracked how she spent her time in her business, she realized that her corporate clients paid more but she’d spend more time with her yoga clients. She also realized that she was more excited to work with her yoga clients. This helped her make the decision to change who she wanted her clientele to be
JOURNAL. Journal everyday, even for a few minutes. It doesn’t even matter what the topic is because it’s the act of writing that will help you tap into what your dreams are
At our very core, we’re all seekers.
To start doing what she loved, Melanie had to get out of living a life of “shoulds” and tune into awareness and consciousness. She had to learn to feel the emotions that were coming up for her and meet up with who she really was.
Life is more than the box we’ve been conditioned to live in.

When you know what you like doing, how to shout it out to the world! How to do more of it!

Say it out loud to somebody. The more you say it out loud, the clearer you get about what it really is that you are doing. Try to hone into what feels true to you.
Start sharing and leave the pressure. Maybe start an Instagram account to show case your work. Forget about how many followers you have. Just start sharing.
Learn more about how you can serve the other person better (ex. how to serve your clients better if you’re a business; how to serve your team or boss better if you’re employed; how to serve your kids better if your goal is to dedicate yourself to parenting…)
Lastly, START TODAY. ON THAT NOTE, HERE’S YOUR ACTION ITEM (I know, this episode comes with accountability ;) )
- JOURNAL ON THIS TOPIC: WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DO WHEN NOBODY ELSE IS AROUND?
- Feel free to share your discoveries with us either by replying in the comments below, emailing hello@curiousmonki.com, or tagging us @curiousmonki and @amandamckinneyyoga

One of Your Biggest Lessons So Far:

“Patience. It's still a lesson I'm learning and will likely always be learning this one but everything worth doing takes longer than we think it will. Nothing comes easy. I think so many of us (myself included) think "it looks so easy for so and so but it's hard for me". But what we don't know is that it took 10 years for her to build her business. Or it took him 15 years to write that book. But if we find our true passion, then we will figure out the things we need to in order to make it happen. I truly believe that. So it's taking time to build my business but it's totally worth it. There are days I have to remind myself of this though so I'm always learning this lesson.”

What is one nugget of wisdom that you would share with fellow seekers who are on this journey of growth and transformation?

“Have support. It doesn't have to be support in the same way that I have it or someone else has it but you need to have support in the journey of life and business. For me, this is definitely a supportive husband and family but it's also incredible biz-besties that help lift me up on hard days and celebrate the good days too. This is imperative to have. Know that we all need the support and reaching out to find it is something you will have to do. It likely won't just land on your doorstep, you have to take action and seek out to the find the people who will be best for you.”

Resources:

Listen to my episode on Amanda’s Podcast, Marketing Yoga With Confidence.

Episode 24: How To Market Yourself Using Your Energy